Tag: Jonathan Woods

Lawmakers question the scale, legality, and strategy of a massive funding request as troop deployments expand and the conflict shows signs of escalation.

The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.

The implication is stark: democracy is not only a constitutional or ideological arrangement; it is fundamentally a fiscal one.

Internal layoffs removed the very officials who would have modeled oil supply disruptions, coordinated with Gulf energy partners, and prepared for retaliatory strikes as war with Iran drove gas and crude prices sharply higher.

Nuanced engagement is an improvement over chaotic confrontation.